Estuaries Day Set For September

August 20, 1992

JAMES CITY COUNTY — Mark your calendar now for Estuaries Day, an annual celebration of our estuaries, the fertile waterways in which the river meets the sea. Virginia's main estuary is the Chesapeake Bay and the celebration will take place at York River State Park.

Observed this year on Sept. 19, Estuaries Day is part of Coastweeks, three weeks in September devoted to the nation's coasts. The events recognize the value of important natural resources and focus attention on the threats that human beings pose to them.

Estuaries Day is a Saturday of fun-filled educational activities for people of all ages, sponsored by the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve System in Virginia and York River State Park.

Scheduled activies include water quality cruises aboard the 65-foot Bay Eagle, the largest research vessel of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science; York River geology hikes; canoe trips on Taskinas Creek to learn how important these habitats are to the estuary and to us; blue crab river rides to pull crab pots from the York River; and ecology forays along Taskinas Creek Trail.